C02 Slider Crank

At Reuleaux Models, we create mechanisms that are designed to display the internal workings of machines. Our first model, the C01 Four-bar Linkage, was designed to demonstrate Reuleaux’s concept of the kinematic chain. We’re expanding our inventory to include the C02 Slider Crank model. An image of this model can be seen to the right. This model’s piston is in the grounded state.

Although da Vinci mentioned no possible use of the slider crank mechanism, it is present today in internal combustion engines all over the world. According to the Cornell University Library, “the slider crank mechanism is found in every internal combustion engine with cylinder, piston rod and crankshaft. The slider crank mechanism may be the most ubiquitous mechanism in the world, with perhaps a billion of them in existence.” Our C02 Slider Crank model can demonstrate four different inversions and is available for order for academics, makers, or collectors.

The C01 Four-bar Linkage model and C02 Slider Crank model are only two of the many mechanisms we plan to produce for order. We can create any of the models developed by Reuleaux to demonstrate concepts of motion. We can also develop newly conceptualized models. For more information about ordering a model, please contact us.